MAGPIES AND PEACOCKS INC
Non Profit Design House 501c3. Interrupting the cycle of waste in textiles. Creating up-cycled products & solutions. #Gucci Changemakers Magpies & Peacocks the nation's only 501(c)3 non-profit design house dedicated to the collection + sustainable reuse of post-consumer textiles to disrupt the cycle of waste in the fashion industry #Gucci Changemakers Magpies & Peacocks, Inc. is the nation’s only 501(c)3 non-profit design house dedicated to the collection and sustainable reuse of post-consumer clothing, scrap textiles, and accessories diverted from landfills – in order to disrupt the cycle of waste in the fashion industry and mitigate its enormous environmental and social impact. We collaborate with a network of designers, makers, and artists to create unique up-cycled products, provide a resource library of reusable material for the creative community, offer skill-building and sustainability education, and incubate circular fashion innovation. Our model rests on four pillars: Collaborate, Create, Educate and Invest.
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2012
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Magpies & Peacocks Magpies Peacocks SUSTAINABILITY Magpies Peacocks has collected over 195 tons of post consumer textiles and accessories since 2011. 25 of the donated items are used to supply materials to local schools colleges and extracurricular programs the balance are repaired reworked or upcycled into new collections for sale. As part of Magpies Peacocks Arts Education program we teach young designers about sustainable fashion practices and incorporating post consumer textiles into their production process to decrease the large percentage of textile waste that hits landfill. Houston boasts one of the largest consumer economies in the country but as a port city it is also home to many of the nations largest textile recycling plants that process ship out and sell our post consumer textile waste problem to developing countries.
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- 2025-05-29
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Love everything you guys are doing to promote sustainability in fashion! 🌱💖 It's inspiring to see how you're turning waste into art and educating the next generation of designers. Keep shining! #SustainableFashion #Upcycle
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This is such an amazing initiative! 👏👏 The impact you're making on both the environment and the community is incredible. Can't wait to see what creative solutions come from your collaboration with local designers! #FashionForGood #CommunityLove
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